1952-04-30 The Plainsman

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VOL'. 78 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1952 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA Number 26
ALL DECKED OUT Florida Invades Auburn
WHAT THE WELL-DRESSED MIDDIE SHO JLD WEAR was demonstrated by these shipshape
neophytes of Steerage as they went throught a th ree-day informal initiation last Week. Here the
initiates are preparing to disperse for the annu al Battle of Quadrangle Pond.
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Scabbard And Blade Honorary
Initiates 58 Neophytes Sunday
Formal Ceremonies At Sunrise To Climax
Tappees' Ail-Night Field Problem Saturday
Band, Vocal Groups
Will Record Album
Of Auburn's Songs
H.CJi. Victor will send a re­cording
crew to Auburn May 2, to
make records of Auburn songs for
an album, which will be released
in the fall, according to an an­nouncement,
by. the music depart­ment.
The first printing will be 1,000
albums, and the sales will be
handled through the Alumni As­sociation
and' the College Book
Store.
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' Fifty-eight members of advanced Army, Navy and Air
Force ROTC are being initiated into Scabbard and Blade,
national military honorary organization, this week.
Initiation began Monday, and will last all week. Formal
initiation wSi be at sunrise Sunday morning, climaxing an
all-night field problem Saturday
night. A skit;will be presented
Saturday morning at 9:30 at the
Main Gate.
Tappees include:
ARTILLERY
Ralph A. Dobbs, Birmingham;
James F. Lacey, Geneva; Paul E.
Sikorski, AnniSton; Wilbur J. Sim­mons*
Sardis;.Rucked LV Staggers,
Benton; Charles S. Sullivan, Camp
Hill; Joel H. Traylor, Woodland.
- * ENGINEERS
Robert M. Arthur, Gadsden;
Kelly L. Cargile, Fayette; George
W. McClain, Montgomery; Jerry D.
Parker, Mobile^ Dan E. Rowell,
Selma; Kenneln L. Nail, Atmore;
Ray M. Warren,'Rome, Ga.; George
D. Stewart, Evergreen. |.
ARMOR
Ray K. Ferwerda, Cleveland,
Ohio; Roger J. Geil, Mobile; George
F. Gibson, Gilbertown; George M.
Graham, Birmingham; George T.
Holdcroft, Birmingham; Ralph- F.
Goolsby, Montgomery; Edward B.
Martin, Sylacauga.
SIGNAL CORPS
James W. Bowles, Shawmut;
Julius F. Gunter, Houston, Texas;
Howard S= Leach, Birmingham;
Thomas M. Lynn, Georgiana; Wil­liam
E. Mattison, Birmingham.
NAVY
Frank M. Barker, Auburn; Wil­liam
R. Haycraft, Brandenburg,
Ky.; Robert V, Owens, Chatta­nooga,
Tenn.; William R. Masters.
Anderson, S. C.;. John S. Speer,
Sheffield; Russell -E. Wiltsie, Bing-hamton,
N. Y.;t Bruce L. Welch,
Columbus, Ga.-
AIR FORCE
William M. Anderson, Fairfield;
James K. Baisden, Andalusia; God­frey
G. Bennett, Auburn; Claude
N. Buchanan, Huntsville; P. G.
Cane, Bay Minette; Edwin G. Car­roll,
Birmingham; Sidney W. Coan,
Mobile; Hector W. Currie, Mont­gomery;
Hale G. Engstrum, Mo­bile;
Walter H. Everidge, Colum­bus,
Ga.
Ray Fulghum, Jackson, Tenn.;
Robert E. Fulton, Auburn; Robert
S. Gaddis, Prattville; Clifford L.
Harrell, Billingsley; Talmage W.
Kirkland, Auburn; John S. Lang-ford,
Griffin, Ga-; James E. Line-berger,
Fitzgerald, Ga.; Eugene M.
McLain, Cragford; John M. Mas-choff,
Auburn.
James G. Mitchell, Luvcrne;
William W. Reynolds, Headland;
Lloyd L. Stone, Birmingham; Rob­ert
F. Struck, Pensacola, Fla.
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Tau Beta Pi Taps
20 Engineering Men
Twenty students were recently
tapped by Tau Beta Pi, national
engineering honorary fraternity,
it was announced this week by
Bob Boerner, Tau Beta Pi presi­dent.
Boerner stated that the honor-ary's
annual banquet will be held
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RECORDINGS are to be made
by the Auburn Band under the
direction of David Herbert, and
the Auburn Glee Clubs under the
direction of Walter Collins.
The "Alma Mater," "Auburn Vic­tor
March," "Tiger Rag," "Glory
to Auburn. " "Fight em Tiger" and
two new Auburn songs wall be
on two 10-inch records.
* * *
THE ALBUM will have a pic­ture
of Samford Tower on the
front. On the inside cover will
be a description of Auburn and
pictures of. the band and glee
clubs.
One of the new Auburn songs
is "Samford Tower," written for
Sphinx Sing by George Harris,
Grady. Walter Collins heard it
there and arranged it for the
Men's Glee Club. '
The other, new song is "Hail to
Auburn." The words were written
by Gene Guazzo, Orange, N.J. The
music was arranged for the Mixed
Chorus from a Grieg piano piece.
Aubu/n Methodists
Start Building Plans
Auburn Methodist will offic­ially
begin the largest building
program in their history tomor­row
night, when they meet for a
Fellowship and Loyalty dinner
at the Methodist Educational
Building.
Plans call for a $500,000 church
plant which will include new
quarters for the Wesley Founda­tion
and a sanctuary with a seat­ing
capacity of 1,200.
Aimed at correcting the con­gestion
in the present church
building, the new project will be
financed by contributions from
Auburn Methodists, with local
funds being matched by the two
Methodist conferences in the
state. M
George Blau, Atlanta, architeeT;,
has been engaged to draw plans
for the new church.
WSGA Convocation
Slated For Langdon
Spring convocation for, all wo­men
students will be held in
Langdon Hall at 5 p.m. May 8,
Trudy Griffin, president of the
Women's S t u d e n t Government
Association, announced today.
Katharine Cater, dean of wo­men,
and Ruth Wilson, assis­tant
dean of women, will speak
at the convocation, which will
honor senior women.
Honorary societies will tap girls
of high scholastic and leadership
ability, and Theta Upsilon sorbr*-
ity will present their annual
award to an outstanding senior
coed.
The American Association of
University Women will present a
senior with a year's membership in
the organization. The selection
will be made on the basis of
scholarship, citizenship and lead­ership.
WSGA officers for the coming
school year will be also install­ed
at the convocation. The in­coming
officers are Ollie Mae
Holbrook, Greensboro, president;
Doris Whaley, Birmingham, vice-president;
Janet Garner, Ozark,
secretary; Irene Donovan, Mobile,
treasurer, and Helen Goppedge,
Auburn, town representative.
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'Everyone Invited'
To Official Opening
Of Student Center
"Ever/one is invited to attend
the official opening of the re­modeled
and redecorated Stu­dent
Center on Thursday night
from 7 to 10," states Katharine
Cater, dean of women.
Refreshments will be served
by members of. Owls, sophomore
women's honorary, and there .
will be dancing. Recently elect­ed
student government officers
and members of the Student
Body Board of Social Life will
act as hosts and hostesses.
Located on the ground floor
of Langdon Hall, the Student
Center offers students facilities
for social and recreational activi­ties
such as dancing, card play­ing
and "just relaxing." Includ­ed
in the Student Center are a
snack bar, a juke box with 100
selections and tables and chairs
fo.- the card players. .
A v ^'fTon set may be placed
in the g i l d i n g if reception
proves satisfactory.
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League-Leading Sunshiners To Make
Two-Game Stand In Tiger Territory
\ • By Dave Lancy
Florida's'league-leading Gators invade Auburn Friday for
a two-game baseball set which will terminate and climax the
Plainsmen's home schedule. Auburn returns to Gainesville
to continue the crucial four game agenda May 9.
Coach Dave Fuller's Gator nine, which jumped to the
SEC's first place position early in I • ; "
the season, currently sports a
9-1-1 record and holds the con­ference
leadership. .The Gators'
lone loss was dealt by Georgia
Tech in Atlanta last Thursday;
when the Engineers snapped
Florida's 14-game winning streak.
Student Government Officials
To Be Installed Monday Night
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Pledges.Three Students
Delta Psi chapter of Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia, national honor­ary
music fraternity, pledged
three men in formal ceremonies
Monday afternoon in the music
building.,
New pledges are Fred Steele,
Huntsville; Webster Posey, Au­burn,
and Max Hall, Hartselle.
DICK McGOWEM'S Plainsmen
aren't without prestige, however.
The third-seated Auburnites pos­sess
a three-game winning vein
acquired at faltering Alabama's
expense in the "State Series" last
week when, after dropping the
first of a four-game set with the
Crimsons, the Plainsmen 'retaliat­ed
and swept the remaining trio
of contests.
Auburn has nestled snugly in
the league's first division since its
initial conference games, victories
over LSU. Since then the Plains­men
have won 6 of 12* SEC
skirmishes to present a 8-4-2 cur­rent
mark. Overall, the locals
have won 11 of 20 games, two of
which were ties.
DICK BROWN, a 170-pound
lefthander and an ace of Florida's
adept mound staff, is a likely
starter for the lead-off game;
George Reed, a rangy righthand­er,
may get Fuller's nod for the
second ado. Buck Bradberry and
Ernie Show will hurl for the
Plainsmen. , . v
Familiar to the Auburn con­fluence
is Haywood Sullivan,
Florida catcher and recipient of
more than four professional base­ball
offers.
Gator outfielder Rudy Simpson,
indisposed for the past 10 days,
is the SEC's leading batter with
a .571 mark. Gene Gore, another
outfielder, is also ranked among
the conference's -top 10 batsmen.
Bob Knight is the third Gator
outfielder.
ALBERT LAGANO, Joe Davis,
James Hirsh, and Virgil Martin
comprise the visitor's infield.
Bob Nagel, adroit infielder but
fieretofore weak hitter, definitely
rewOn a starting berth with his
three hits against Alabama Satur­day.
Reginald Rogers, supplant­ing
Capt. Gene Hoehle at third
base, is the only other possible
change in the Auburn lineup,
meaning Bobby Jordan, Jake
Jones, and Bill McMurry will
continue in the outer gardens.
Twelve Contestants
Speaking In Contest
Sponsored By TKA
Auburn's fourth annual intra­mural
extemporaneous speaking
contest began yesterday with 12
contestants taking p a r t . The
contest is sponsored by Tau Kap­pa
Alpha honorary fraternity.
The general subject this year
is "National and International
Affairs." Each contestant drew
three sub-topics a few hours be­fore
the contest and from those
selected one for his speech..
Contestants are Chick Watson,
Brownsville, Tenn., Lambda Chi;
Howard Skelton, Birmingham,
Lambda Chi; Herbert White, En­terprise,
S i g m a Nu; Gorman
Houston,. Euf aula, Sigma Nu;
^Herman L. Tillman, Birmingham,
^Pi Kappa Alpha; Reginald B.
Harp, Jr., Birmingham, Pi Kappa
Alpha.
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WALTER SHAW, Decatur, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Fred Nichols, Co­lumbiana,
Pi Kappa Alpha; Elea­nor
Chisolm, Birmingham, Kappa
Delta; Douglas Lunsford, Troy,
Phi Kappa Tau; Thomas Goodale,
Upiohtown, Phi Kappa Tau. .
Sub-topics which are to be used
are U. S. Asiatic Policy; North
Atlantic T r e a t y Organization-
Moral and Ethical Standards in
Government; Cost of Living; The
United Nations; Universal Mili­tary
Training; The Korean War;
The Election of 1952; Communism
in America.
* * *
VOTERS Qualification in Ala­bama;
A Two-Party System in
the South; Federal Aid to Edu­cation;
The Poll .Tax; Economic
Cooporation Administration; Ris­ing
Nationalism in the Middle
East; Point-Four Program; Haw­aiian
and Alaskan Statehood, and
Intercollegiate Athletic De-em­phasis.
NOTICE
May 1 is the deadline for
graduating seniors to pay grad­uation
fees, Charles W. Ed­wards,
registrar, announced
today. The fees should be paid
at the bursar's office in the
basement of Samford Hall.
'LOVELIEST OF THE PLAINS1
API President Ralph B. Draughon To Speak
At Annual Inaugural Banquet In Palm Room
The annual student government inaugural banquet will
be held Monday, May 5, at 7 o'clock in the Palm Room of the
Hotel Clement in Opelika, student body president Bill Wilson
announced today.
At the installation service A.P.I, president Ralph B.
Draughon will present the main
address and install the new offi­cers.
James E. Foy, director of stu­dent
affairs, will give the invoca­tion
at the banquet.
Dr. Ralph B. Draughon
Arnold Air Society
Schedules Initiation
For Honor Students
Thirty-three members of Ad­vanced
Air ROTC, recently tapped
by Arnold Air Society, will be in­itiated
Thursday night during the
society's regular meeting-
Four faculty members were also
tapped for honorary membership
in Arnold Air Society. They are
Capt. E. C. Tunnell; Maj. C. D.
Cunningham; Maj. J. O.. Collier;
and Scott Farley, head of Auburn's
Graduate Placement Bureau. .'
Cadets tapped are W. M. Ander­son*,
Fairfield; J. A. Arnold, Au­burn;
J. K. Baisden, Andalusia;
G.- G. Bennett, Auburn; F. K,
Bruce, Wilmington, N. C; S. W.
Coan, Mobile; E. G. Carroll, Bir­mingham;
H. W. Currie, Montgom­ery;
H. G. Engstrom, Mobile; W.
H. Everidge,' Columbus, Ga.
J- J. Francisco, Columbus, Ga.;
E E. Fulton, Auburn; R. S. Gaddis.
Prattville; E. B. George, Sylvania;
C. B. Hogue, Birmingham; G. V.
Jones, Clanton; R. M. Johnson,
Evergreen; J. S. Langford, Griffin,
Ga.; A. C. Norman, Birmingham.
J» A. Rainwater, Billingsley; J.
E. Ramsay, Birmingham; T: A.
Ray, Alexander City; W. W. Reyn­olds,
Headland; J. W. Summerville,
Albertville; A. A. Tillery, Phenix
City; J. A. Walker, Huntsville; J.
G. Watwood, Auburn; F. M. Wood,
Auburn; E. M.- McLain, Cragford.
Everidge, Weatherly
Named To Posts
Of 1952 Tiger Cub
Walter Everidge, junior in in­dustrial
management from Co­lumbus,
Ga., was appointed editor
of the Tiger Cub Monday, April
21, it was announced by James
E. Foy, chairman of the Board of
Student Publications.
Business manager of the 1953
student handbook will be Walter
J. Weatherly, senior from Fort
P a y n e , studying agricultural
science. Weatherly and Everidge
were both appointed to their posi­tions
by the Board of Student
Publications.
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ONLY THRE€ candidates for
Cub positions filed applications
by. the deadine Saturday noon,
April 19, Foy stated. Weatherly
was the only applicant for busi­ness
manager.
Everidge will assume editorial
duties immediately arid will edit
the handbook during the summer
quarter. It will be distributed io
all students during fall quarter
registration. The booklet is print­ed
so as to familiarize each stu­dent
with the rules and regula­tions
of college, and offers in­formation
on all organizations,
activities and the faculty and ad­ministration.
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ALL DRESSED UP for the famous spring quarter party season
is "Lovely" Dot Stafford, sophomore in education from Mobile.
(A.P.I. photo by Barton Perry.) '',
County Cotton Maid
Will Be Selected
In Auburn May 2
Alabama's 1952 Maid of Cotton
contest will get underway with
the selection of the Lee County
Maid of Cotton Friday, May 2.
Auburn will play host to the
contest, the first in the state this
year, being sponsored by the Lee
County cotton committee, the Ex­tension
Service, and the Farm
Bureau.
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THE WINNER, ^who will be
chosen on the stage of the Tiger
Theatre Friday night at 7:30, will
represent this county in the state
contest held at Birmingham dur­ing
the state fair.
Of the eight girls already en­tered,
five are students at A.P.I.
They are Jean Hawkins, Mont­gomery;
June Bottcher, Cullman;
Martha Jane Hamm, Montgom­ery;
Nancy Entrekin, Columbus,
Ga., and Dot Stafford, Mobile. '
Entrants in this year's contest
will rhodel cotton fashions furn­ished
by stores in Auburn and
Opelika.
BRUCE GREENHILL
KILLED IN KOREA
As this edition went to press,
word was recejVed that Lt.
Bruce Greenhill, USMC, editor
of last year's Plainsman, was
killed in action on the Korean
front. A land mine wrote the
final "30" to a lifetime of service.
Auburn has lost a fine alum­nus,
and a true comrade.
Psychologist To Speak
In Herzfeld Presentation
Dr. Ralph T. Hinton of the At­lanta
office of the Veterans Ad­ministration
will speak on "Mental
Illness, Our Nation's Number One
Health Problem" May 8 at 8:15 in
Langdon Hall.
Dr. Hinton has an outstanding
background in clinical psychology,
and has held various positions as
clinical psychologist and as direc­tor
of a child guidance clinic.
Dr. Hinton will speak here under
the sponsorship of the Hertzfeld
Lecture Series as a part of Mental
Health Week observance on the
Campus.
WILSON, retiring president, will
review the achievements of the
•student government in the past
year, and Jimmy Baird, president­elect,
will outline the program of
the student government for the
ensuing year.
Don Johnson, Dothan, will be
installed as the new vice-presi­dent,
and Eleanor Allen, Demopo-lis,
will succeed Buster McLam as
secretary. Present treasurer,Jack
Johnson will resign his position to
George Uthlaut, Orlando, Fla.
$ * *
TO BE INSTALLED as next
year's senior senators are Jack
Langford, Griffin, Ga.; Jeanne
Oliver, Birmingham; Stuart Leach,
Birmingham; C h a r l e s Ashley,
Apopka, Fla., and Paul Powers,
Red Bay.
Junior senators Douglas Duncan,
Fitzgerald, Ga.; Jerry Little, An­derson,
S. C; Bob Mayo, Mobile,
and Fred Nichols, Columbiana, will
be installed.
Sophomore senators for the com­ing
year are Douglas Lunsford,
Andalusia; Tucker Rose, Birming­ham,
and Augusta York, Birming­ham.
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Phi Psr H$iorary
Initiates Five Men
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Five students were formally in­itiated
into Phi Psi textile honor­ary
Tuesday night in the chapter
room in Textile, Jack Middleton,
Lanett, Phi Psi president, an­nounced
today.
Middleton stated that W. R.
Masters, Anderson, S.C., will re­present
Auburn at the annual Phi
Psi national convention at Clem-son
College Thursday through
Saturday, May 1-3,.
New initiates are H. B. Wil­liams,
LaGrange, Ga.; George R.
Wright, Huntsville; John Rut­land,
Tallassee; Julius A. Jones,
Talladega, and'Jim Murray, Grif­fin,
Ga.
lady In The Dark' Rehearsals
End Tuesday; Musical Opens May 7
By Max Hall
Rehearsals are rapidly drawing to a close for the cast of
"Lady In The Dark," a serious musical about a psychological
problem, which will open in the Y-Hut on May 7.
The production is a joint project of the Auburn Players
•md the A.P.I, music department. Similar efforts by the two
groups have given students such; Kurt Weill, and lyrics by Ira Ger-productions
as Gilbert and Sulli- shwin.
van's "Pinafore," and Victor Her
bert's "Red Mill," in recent years.
"Lady In The Dark" was writ­ten
by Moss Hart, with music by
Patterson To Present
Junior Recital Tomorrow
Harold Patterson, voice major
from Alexander City, will be pre­sented
by the music department
in his junior recital in Langdon
Hall at 4:10 tomorrow afternoon.
His program will include "Caro
Mio Ben" by Giordani, "The Bell
Man," by Forysth, "Tannhauser"
by Wagner, and "An Old Song
Resung" by Griffes. He will sing
in English, German and Italian.
Patterson, a soloist in the Me­thodist
choir in Alexander City,
sang in the chorus in the "Red
Mill."
THE SINGING and dramatic
lead for the show will be handled
by Nancy gSntrekin, Columbus,
Ga. Wayne McCain, Birmingham,
has the male musical lead, with
Cody Edwards, Birmingham, as
the leading male actor. Gene
Guzzo, Orange^ N.J., will be heard
in a major singing part.
Other members of the cast
are Betty Sanderson, Albertville;
Frances Holland, Panama City,
Fla.; Maryrose Howell, Birming­ham;
Don Cain, Haleyville; John
Grimm, Auburn; Betty Ford, Au­burn;
Bill Bowles, Shawmut, and
Vangalia Lukes, Mobile.
Chorus numbers and several
shorter numbers will be done by
members of the A.P.I, mixed
chorus.
T. B. Peet is general director
for the show, while music will be
under the direction of Walter S.
Collins.
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Sigma Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon To Hold Annual Spring Formals This Week End
Miss Martha Barron To Lead Ball
With Chapter President Martin Smith
Gamma Sigma chapter of Sigma Chi will hold its annual
Sweetheart Ball Friday night from 9 until 12 in the student
activities building.
Miss Martha Barron, Hattiesburg, Miss., will lead the
dance with chapter president J. Martin Smith. During the
leadout, Mrs. J. R. Peavy will
present a bouquet of white roses
to Miss Barron, who will in turn
present them to Miss Erwin
Davidson, Gamma Sigma "Sweet­heart"
for 1952. The Auburn
Knights will play.
Other plans for the week end
include a tea dance at the Cle­ment
Hotel in Opelika and a bar­becue
supper at Lake Chewacla
Saturday.
MEMBERS, pledges, and their
dates are:
J. Martin Smith, Martha Bar­ron,
Hattiesburg, Miss.; B en
Davis, Marjorie Helt, Mobile; Jim
Wright, Martha Wilson, Mobile;
Grey Cane, Erwin Davidson, Bay
Minette; Tom Abbott, Barbara
Fenn, Birmingham; Andrew C.
Mitchell, Mary McCrary, Mobile.
Donald Long, Madge Ray, Bir­mingham;
Marvin Baker, Ann
Summerville, Aliceville; Roy C.
McMillan, Catherine Dumas, Mo­bile;
John W. Wise, Joanne
Massee, Atlanta, Ga.; Calvin Mc-
Culloch, June Oliver, Dadeville;
James L. Strickand, Jo Ann Bot-tcher,
Hanceville; Thomas W.
Wagner, Barbara Futral, Griffin,
Ga.
Roger Geil, Bobbie Jean Mor­gan,
Toulminville; David C. Mor­rill,
Mary Lanier, West Point,
Ga.; Doug Thomason, Yvonne
Barton, Ozark; George Graham,
Juanita Reynolds, Ware Shoals,
S.C.; Leon H. Riley, Sylvia War­rick,
Dothan; Jim Lineberger,
C a t h e r i n e Bailey, Anniston;
Charles Herndon, Martha Hern-don,
Aliceville.
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BOB BEERS, Roberta Hyde,
Birmingham; Neil Crosby, Jane
Chalker, Dothan; Bill Brown,
Nancy B a y a r d , Greensboro;
Charles Wheeler, Carolyn Free­man,
Troy; Caldwell N. Dugan,
Pat Baggett, Birmingham; Joe
Llewellyn, Joan Revere, Mobile;
James G. Lockard, Gail Carruth,
Guntersville; C h a r l e s Hogue,
Kathryn Cumbee, Birmingham.
David Hemeter, Sally Mitchell,
Mobile; Blake Harper, Betty Ruth
McFaden, Montgomery; P e r ry
Covington, Margaret Bryan, Bir­mingham;
Charles Harding, Jean
Hawkins, Montgomery; Ben F.
Jordan, Barbara Swan, Mobile;
Sidney W. Coan, Bette Diane
Watts, Mobile; Bill Martin, Jill
Flippo, Birmingham.
Sherrod B. Hixon; Caroline Ha-gan,
Arlington, Va.; Vann Owens,
Janice Williams, Bessemer; Bill
Peak, Mary Buchanan, 'Greens­boro;
Percy Alford, Ann Phillips,
Birmingham; John L. Parker,
Joyce Wadsworth, Montgomery;
Robert E. Green, Jacque Roberts,
Brewton;- Curtis Williams, Rita
Porter, Montgomery; Sam Mar-
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LEADING LADIES FOR WEEK END'S ANNUAL FORMAL DANCES
M A R T ~H A
BARRON, Hat­tiesburg,
Miss.,
will lead the an­nual
Sweetheart
Ball of Sigma Chi
fraternity oh Fri­day
night. She
will be escorted
by J. Martin
Smith, Birming­ham,
c h a p t er
president. The
Auburn Knights
will play.
CARRIE JEAN
BRYARS, Stock­ton,
will lead the
annual s p r i ng
formal of Sigma
A l p h . a ijpsilon
fraternity.on Sat­urday
night. She
will be escorted
by Bobby Hand,
Opelika, chapter
president. T he
Auburn Knights
will play for the
darice.''
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Climax To Founders Day Celebration
Theta Xi's Select %52 Dream Girl
By Bettie Jones
The Theta Xi's were really in a
party mood this last week end.
Sandra Whitehead, sophomore in
education from Birmingham, was
named Dream Girl of Theta Xi at
a house dance Saturday night. This
was the first presentation, which
is to take place annually during the
Founder's Day celebration by
Theta Xi. The announcement of
Miss Whitehead's selection fpr the
honor was the climax of a week
end of parties, which included a
stag party Friday night at Che­wacla,
a hayride Saturday after­noon,
and a luncheon in the Green
Room of the Pitts Hotel Sunday-
Members and their dates for the'
dance were Tommy Dean, Jane
Ghewning; J. W. Cleveland, Dot
Vick; Bob Lanier, Sandra White­head;
Ralph Drake, Janet dinger;
Roy Ledbetter, Patsy Chewning;
Roy Crawford, Donnie Phillips;
Leon Pauuanostos, Jane Stannes;
Earl Brown, C. F. Cappell; Charlie
Armstrong, Frances Mannow; Dot
Corsey, Rita Rivas; Jack Simpson,
Emma Flournoy; Spirro Hallax,
Catherine Banler; Ted Bellon; Jim­my
Karagan; Boyce Burnette;
Lenaford McGreight; Gordon Sher-iman;
David Bailey, and Frank
Fernandez.
is * *
The blue nor .nan shield with the
white cross of Sigma Chi has r e ­cently
been pinned on the follow­ing
boys: Tommy Shields—my, how
appropriate—George Wilson, Jack
Callaway, and Jim Fullington, Bir­mingham;
T r u m a n Pledger,
Trussville, and Roy Harrell, West
Point, Ga.
Last Sunday down in Ag Hollow,
these boys were formally initiated
into the Snake Circle: Neal Wig­gins,
Montgomery; Charles Wil­liams,
Dothan; Buddy Duffy,
Huntsville; Pat Chisholm and Mil­lard
Pettis, Birmingham. Sunday
afternoon the Sjgma Nu's enter­tained'
at a tea honoring their
housemother.
Sunday seems to have been a
good day for initiations. Down in
the Ivyless—hey when are you'all
gonna get that ivy back?—covered
Lodge, the Pi Kappa Alpha's held
formal initiation for Gene Bryant,
Bay Minette; Fred Sharp and Paul
Watts, Birmingham^ After the
ceremony a banquet was held in
honor of the new initiates.
* * .*
The Kappa Sig's have honored
the Chi Omega's and the Alpha
Gam's with house dances. The Al­pha
Gam's partied with the Pi',
KA's last night—wonder who's on;
for next week.
The Sig's were entertained last"
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night by the Kappa Delta's. A high
spot of the evening was an act by
the Men's Glee Club Octet singing
a few of their numbers.
Last week end the Pikes enter­tained
members, pledges, and their
.dates at a house dance. Mrs. L. C.
"Mama Lou" Steed kept a watch­ful
eye on the crew and kept sa­faris
to the Jungle at a minimum.
Montgomery opened its eyes
wide to watch the partying when
the Sigma Nu's descended on the
town last Friday night for the
annual Alumni Dance. Having
thoroughly conquered the Cradle
of the Confederacy, the Snakes
are looking for new fields of. con­quest
and this week end Florida
had better call out her civil de­fense
people. Panama City will be
the site of the battle, but there's
no point in the townspeople look­ing
for help from neighboring Fort
Walton—the Pikes will have com­pletely
taken it over at the same
time. The Phi's will act as general
troubleshooters with' their base of
operations being unknown at this
point. It's a cinch that Auburn's
Greeks will beat Florida by more
than just one point durii^fkJs
housepartying week end'/ FigMi
Miss Carrie Jean Bryars To Lead
With Chapter President Bob Hand
Alabama Alpha Mu chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon will
present its annual spring formal in the student activities
building Saturday night from 9 until 12.
Miss Carrie Jean Bryars, Stockton, will lead the dance
with chapter president Bobby Hand. The Auburn Knights
will play.
Calendar Of Events
SPECIAL EVENTS
-Sigma Chi Formal Dance
activities building-9-12
War Eagles!
May 2-
-student
p.m.
May 3—Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Formal Dance-student activities
building-9-12 p . m . '
May 5—Student Body Officers
Inaugural Banquet-Clement Hotel
-7 p.m.
CLUB MEETINGS
May 1—Student Council on Re­ligious
Activities-4:30 p.m.—Cardi­nal
Key-Social Center-5 p.m.—
Math Club-Broun 109-7 p.m.—
Arnold Air Society-Broun 305-7
p.m.—Decor-Biggin Hall 105-7
p.m.
May 5—Chi Epsilon-Ramsay 202
-5 p.m.—Blue Key-Samford Hall-
5 p.m.—ODK-Samford 201-5 p.m.
—WSGS-Social Center-6:45 p.m—
Dolphin ; Club-Alumni Gym-6:45
p.m.—Phi Psi-Textile Building-7
p.m.—Institute of Radio Engineer-ing-
AC Lab 10-7 p.m.—American
Society of Mechanical Engineers-
Ramsay 200-7 p.m.—Scabbard and
Blade-Samford 209-8 p.m.
May 6—American Society of
Agricultural Engineers-AN 212-7
p.m—Tau Nu Tau-TB 5B-7 p.m.—
American Institute of Aeronautical
Science-Wilmore 155 - 7 p.m. —
American Club-Ramsay 200,
?*Hyp.m. — Auburn Horticulture
ForW-TB 14B-7:30 p.m.
During the leadout, Mrs. Ann
Stover, SAE housemother, will
present the leading lady with a
bouquet of red roses, which she
will receive from Mrs. Louis M.
Williamson, wife of a Tormer
chapter president.
Other plans for the week end
include a house dance Friday
night and a barbecue on the new
SAE lot Saturday.
MEMBERS, pledges and their
dates are:
Bob Gaddis, Nancy Dupree,
Athens; Scooter Hale, Dot Stafi-ford,
Mobile; Burns Paterson,
Betty Metcalf, Montgomery; Jim
Vann, Marianne Beckham, Union
Springs; Bill Mattison, Mary Ely-se
Johnson, Geneva; Tommy
Stroud, Betty Jo Veal, Americus,
Ga.; Almon Ward, Peggy Lewis,
Evergreen; Harry Farris, Frances
Potts, Columbus, Ga.; Jack B.
Cole, Elizabeth Hammond, Chat­tanooga,
Tenn.; Dan Stallings,
Nellie Lane, Dothan.
Virgil Porter, Irene Donovan,
Mobile; Brown Haygood, Jeane'tta
Ware, Auburn; Bubber Rutland,
Ginger Pruett, Union Springs;
Kim Harris, Patsy Jones, Dothan;
Bob Gracey, Margaret Ann Har­bor,
Auburn; Fletcher Barnes,
Carolyn Denson, Opelika; Jeff C.
Sellers, Sue Long, Montgomery;
Bob" Collins, Carolyn Sylvest,
Montgomery; Erich Sauerbrey,
Janot Smith, Decatur, Ga.
George Kelly, Sue Stowers,
Evergreen; D o n a l d McDonald,
Kathleen Brown, Montgomery;
Ridley Parrish, Carole Fields,
Jackson, Miss.; Alfred Blackmon,
Faye Cole, Columbus, Ga.; Bun-
Continued on page 5
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How do graduates stack up against the self-made
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T^ese are just a few of the former dark
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They Went to College is required reading
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If you're an undergraduate, you'll learn
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And, no matter what your interest, you'll
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world today, TIME, The Weekly Newsmagazine, undertook the
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' T I M E — to get it Straight
3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 30, 1952
Legendary Romance Renders Charm
To 'Villagers' Favorite Picnic Haunt
By Walter Everidge
Few "Villagers" who "bask in the sun out at Lake Chewacla
realize the romantic legend behind the scenic picnic area
that has been a favorite haunt of nature lovers for decades
of week ends.
During the years of the Creek Indians, Chewacla was the
name of a winding-creek which cape. What could they do but die
rose near the Georgia line in
Lee County, and flowed toward
the Loveliest Village. As it a p^
proached Auburn, the creek turn­ed
the western brow of a high
hill and flowed rapidly through
a deep gorge.
In the olden days, a high
bridge, which still spans the r a ­vine,
offered a pleasant promen­ade
for young lovers. Many be­lieve
that this is an enchanted lo­cality,
and that there is a magical
quality present which is the r e 1
suit of the Chewacla legend.
* * *
A YOUNG CREEK warrior,
Chewacla, and an Indian maiden,
Kiattina, were in love. According
to the story, a feud sprang up be­tween
their tribes, and when the
Creeks migrated into Alabama,
the lovers drifed apart. As they
parted, a mountain which neither
could climb rose between them.
A year passed without them
seeing each other, for a decree
had been handed down by the
tribal chieftains that if either
should see the other, both would
be killed.
One spring day the thoughts of
each lover turned simultaneously
to the other. And at the same
time, mysterious impulses urge*
them both toward the mountain
barrier.
- « * »
CHEWACLA decided to try to
climb the huge mountain. He
rushed down a small hill and
threw himself against the tower­ing
wall, only to be hurled back.
Undaunted, the young warrior
prepared to charge again, when
suddenly a great gap opened be­fore
him. The mountain had been
rent in half, leaving in his path
only on precipitous rock at the
far end of the pass.
Just as he was about to enter
the pass, Kiattina appeared on
the summit of the rock before
him. The lovers had embraced for
only a few moments when the
. winds brought the sound of pur­suit.
There was no avenue of es-together?
' * *. *
A KEEN BLADE flashed from
the warrior's belt. The eyes of
both turned upon it, then shifted
to gaze at each other. Kiattina
consented; it was better to die to­gether
than to live apart.
The knife rose slowly in the air.
Then, the earth trembled, a terif-fic
crash rocked the lovers, and
the western half of the mountain
split from end to end. Quickly,
Chewacla and Kiattina entered
the pass. Spurred onward by hope
and fear, they raced into the
hospitable land of Alabama.
* » *
A CREEK medicine man, hear­ing
the story of the lovers, caused
streams to. flow in their trail to
perpetuate the memory of their
devotion.
And that the spot might, be
sacred to lovers forever, he cast
a charm upon it, so that those who
there plight jfcheir faith should be
predistined to realize their fond­est
dreams.
Sigma Chi Formal
(Continued from page 2)
ley, Joanne Edwards, Enterprise.
* * *
SI WILLIAMS, Martha Ruth
Wilson, Birmingham; Clarence
Meyer, Patsy Moulton, Lindale,
Ga.; Bill-Reynolds, Peggy McAli-ley,
Headland; Carver Kennedy,
Martha McQueen, Shawmut; J im
Walley, Jane Chewning, Camp
Hill; Jim Summerville, Eleanor
Noland, Aliceville; Billy Peters,
Bette Johnson, Ozark; Bob Rowe,
Kirk Jones, Auburn.
George Booker, Doris, Cropp,
Hapeville, Ga.; Michel Long,
Louise Johnston, Selma; Paul C.
Stegall, Elinor Taylor, Atlanta,
Ga.; Bill Anderson, Eula Harris,
Birmingham; S t r i c k Newsom,
Phyllis Dunn, Mobile; Gordon
Duncan, Anne Marie Elliott, Bir­mingham;
Arthur J. Grant, Mary
Ellen Pittroff, Mobile, and John
FranKTin, Betty Simcox, Birming­ham.
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Navy, Marines Offer
Varied Commissions
To Auburn Students
Men and women students at Au­burn
are being offered several op­portunities
for commissions in the
navy and marine corps, Col. George
B. Bell, professor of naval science,
revealed today. .
Prospective male graduates be­tween
the ages of 19 and 27 are
eligible to apply for admission to
the 120-day Officers' Candidate
School at Newport, R. I. Leading
to appointments in the grade of
ensign, naval reserve, openings are
available for 'general line, staff
corps and restricted line duty-
Single men interested in flying
careers may apply for preliminary
processing as naval aviation cadets.
College training and good physical
conditions are the primary re­quirements.
THE MARINE corps offers the
Platoon Leaders Class and Officers'
Candidate School for men, and
similar programs for women, lead­ing
to commissions as second lieu­tenants.
Openings for immediate active
duty in the naval reserve line and
supply corps are available to young
women college graduates. Those
qualifying will take a 16-week in­doctrination
course at Newark,
R. I. Upon completion of this
training, Wave officers will be
assigned to various naval bases
for duty in connection with per­sonnel,
intelligence, communica­tions,
logistics and similar occupa­tions,
t
* * *
ELIGIBLE WOMEN college stu­dents
may still apply for the navy's
1952 Summer Reserve Officers
Candidate Program, states Colo­nel
BelL.
The program is open only to
Seventh Johnson Son To Graduate
r * . fV I I ,
From Auburn In Spring Ceremonies
By JoAnne Lucci
, When James Johnson, ornamental horticulture major from
Alexander City, receives his degree May 31, he will be the
seventh of eight Johnson brothers to graduate from A.P.I.
The first Johnson brother to enroll at Auburn was Rowe,
who entered in 1924 and graduated four years later with
a degree in agricultural educa­tion.
The other boys followed—
Herman, now an architect in
Washington, D.C.; Tom, a chem­ical
engineer now in Ashville, N.
C; the twins, Oel and Otis, both
chemical engineers now in New
York and Johannesburg, South
Africa, respectively; John, an ag­ricultural
engineer in Indianapolis,
Ind., and now James.
* * * *
"PEOPLE often wonder how
our family managed to send all
of us to college," James explains.
"But the truth is that we sent
ourselves. Dad helped the first
one, Rowe, and Rowe helped the
next. It went on down the line
like that, with the graduates
helping the undergraduates. Of
course, we all worked part-time
to help do our share, too. j
college students who are Affiliated
with the naval reserve at the time
of application. By submitting an
application for the program
•through the naval reserve inspec­tor-
instructor at the-nearest naval
reserve training center, ,one may
join the reserve program while in
college.
The school for women will be
convened at the Naval Training
Center in Bainbridge, Md., in July.
Women candidates must have
reached their 18th birthday on en­rollment
day.
Further information about the
commissioning programs may be
procured from the Naval ROTC
office in Broun Hall-
"The only.one of my brothers
who didn't come to Auburn was
Jack. And he could have if he'd
wanted to, but he didn't like
school much. He works for
Southern Railways now," James
stated.
* * *
i
JAMES EXPLAINED that since
he is the baby of the family, there
hasn't been a Johnson brother to
graduate from Auburn since 1941.
A nephew, however, graduated
last year, and a brother-in-law,
John^-G. Courtney, Jr., in vet
school, will graduate with James.
The Johnson boy's have three sis­ters,
but none of them are Au­burn
graduates.
"If all of my brothers who at­tended
Auburn ever return at
the same time for a visit, it will
amount to a junior homecoming,"
James said with a grin.
NOTICE
Dewayne McCauley, Alpha
Phi Omega bookstore manager,
reported today that total sale ,of
books for the spring quarter was
$726.84. He also stated that the
bookstore will not be open dur­ing
the summer quarter.
Nutrition Society Honors Sauberlich
Dr. Howerde E. Sauberlich of
the department of animal hus­bandry
and nutrition of the A.P.I.
Agricultural Experiment Station
received the Mead Johnson Award
Sahag's Revised Text
Now Being Published
A text written by Prof. L. M.
Sahag of the A.P.I, engineering
faculty titled "Kinematics of
Machines" will soon be out with
its revised and enlarged edition.
The book is used as the text on
kinematics in more than 30 col­leges
and universities. The chap­ter
on Accelerations in Machines
has been completely revised and
enlarged in the hew edition. This
revision makes the text available
for advanced courses.
of the American Institute of Nu­trition
at its annual meeting in
New York City last week.
The award is considered a sig­nal
honor in addition to the value
of the $1,000 check which accom­panies
it.
The award was given Sauber­lich
primarily on the basis of his
discovery of the citrovorum fac­tor
and studies on its importance
in nutrition. Citrovorum factor is
a vitamin closely related to folic
acid. It is important in the treat­ment
of anemia and in counter­acting
the toxic effects of ami-nopterin
and other folic acid an­tagonists
used for treating leuke­mia
in the human.
The award was presented by W.
D. Salman, head of the A.P.I, de­partment
of animal husbandry
and nutrition.
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hostesses Saturday for a Panhell­enic
workshop, which brought
distinguished alumnae of all the
groups represented on the campus
to the Plains.
Panel discussions on several
important phases of sorority work
constituted the main portion of
the program, which was presided
over by Rita Kelly, local Pan­hellenic
Council president.
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Plea For Accident Victims
The red flag was on the College Street
island near Main Gate again last week,
signifying that another accident had occur­red
within the city limits. During the
quarter few days have slipped by with a
continuous waving of the green banner on
the flag pole. Auburn accidents are on the
upswing.
Equally as disturbing as the number of
accidents is the treatment offered to vic­tims
in the many wrecks. Last week's col­lision
stands out in our mind.
Last Thursday a sedan crashed into the
rear of a trailer truck on South College
Street, spilling four victims who suffered
injuries ranging from brain concussions to
minor bruises. Members of the KA frat­ernity
rushed to aid the injured. But their
urgent request for an ambulance from the
Drake Infirmary fell on deaf ears. The
infirmary is for college students only, the
Gov. Adlai Stevenson...
. . . Falls On Deaf Ears
hospital officials said, and the victims
didn't attend A.P.I.
After a lengthy and potentially danger­ous
delay, an ambulance was rushed to
Auburn from Opelika, and four trips were
required to take the injured riders to the
Lee County Hospital. Two of the victims
had brain concussions and internal injur­ies.
The delay could have been extremely
dangerous.
We greatly admire the college for main­taining
an infirmary for the use of college
students only. However, an emergency
should be admitted to the infirmary.
There is no way for bystanders to judge
the seriousness of an accident with a tele­phone
conversation. They should have
rushed an ambulance to the scene of the
accident. The crash victims could have
been dying.
The Plainsman advocates an immediate
revision in Infirmary policy.
'More And More'
The official withdrawal of Gov: Adlai
Stevenson of Illinios from consideration
for the Democratic Party presidential
nomination has focused sharp attention on
the turmoil within the party at the present.
Stevenson's withdrawal clearly emphasizes
the Democratic party's lack of candidates
with real appeal—both to the voters and
the party big wigs.
At the present no man seems to hold
a significant advantage in the fight for
the nomination. Of the six candidates
who are considered the top prospects, Sen­ator
Estes Kef auver seems to hold a slight
advantage now. Yet, as Columnist Doris
Fleeson stated in an interview here last
week, Kefauver lacks the support of the
party leaders. Without this support it will
be virtually impossible to receive the nom­ination.
Whether or not Kefauver can win
the support of the Democratic bosses re­mains
to be seen.
. ; i . Mr. President In '56?
realistic hero worship. As a president
who would no doubt be an Internationalist,
Eisenhower will become -very unpopular
with the Taft, Bridges, Jenner, McCarthy
element of the Republican party. This could
prove very fatal to him during his presi­dency,
for after all, these men have been
the backbone of Republican policy long be­fore
Eisenhower ever announced his party
aff liation.
Since the Republican convention will
be held at least three weeks prior to when
the Democrats meet, Stevenson can well
afford to wait-and-see. With Eisenhower
as the Republican nominee the Democrats
colud well consider the advantages which
Stevenson may see in letting Eisenhower
win and then preparing for 1956. More
than likely Ike will be a tangible target for
not only Democrats but many conservative
Republicans by 1956.
One of the most interesting remarks
about the present confusion in the Demo­cratic
party and concerning Governo£jg$fc:,
venson's surprise withdrawal wasSJKWSffiT**'
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ced by Miss Fleeson here last week. The . .,..; ; . , , - „,„ %„ L ;„.,, . „ ,
On the other hand, if Taft is nominated,
Miss Fleeson feels that a draft of Steven­son
could be easily devised. Since the
i convention is being held in the governor's
"Pilot to navigator, Roger, WUco, over and out"
Fleeson Speaks On Variety Of Topics;
Harriman Leads Democratic Hopefuls
By Jim Jennings v .
I am puzzled by the title "Democratic Ideals and Realities"
which Miss Fleeson used for her lecture presented by the
Concert and Lecture Series Thursday night.
Little that she said fitted the topic, although the lecture
ranged from the Kremlin to Miss Fleeson's ideas about why
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
would make a good vice-president.
However, despite the rather dis­jointed
approach of the lecture, I
found that my thinking runs paral-led
to that of Miss Fleeson on
many, counts (although not about
Senator Smith).
One comment which seems par­ticularly
worthy of consideration
concerned the civil rights issue be­tween
the North and South. She
thinks the reason the issue has
continued uncompromised for - so
long is that extremist politicians
from both the North and the South
do not want the issue settled; |
This seems unquestionable. Poli­ticians
who have to appeal to emo­tionalism
a nd
state of New York with the ex­ception
of the one-half vote from
Idaho.
Kefauver's pledges are the re­sult
of active campaigns which
have enlisted delegates from five
states.
noted columnist hinted that she felt the
withdrawal was a wait-and*see attitude on
the part of the popular Illinois governor.
Miss Fleeson felt that Governor Steven­son
realized that he could probably get
the nomination if he announced his can­didacy
at this time. However, Stevenson
also realized the tremendous popularity of
his friend, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. He
does not care to indulge in a strenuous
campaign against Eisenhower, as he feels
that Eisenhower would continue the inter­nationalist
foreign policy which America
has adopted. And since foreign policy is
after all the only real significent issue at
the present, Governor Stevenson does not
see that he nor his party would gain by
running against Eisenhower.
If Eisenhower is elected he would prob­ably
clean out most of the corruption and
incompetent officials in the present ad­ministration.
It is doubtful if any Demo­crat
could do this. Thus Stevenson feels
that Eisenhower, as an Internationalist in
a party which is noted for its "isolationist"
leadership and as a president who will
draw considerable opposition from both
parties when he starts to "clean house,"
would be in a very weak position by 1956;
Adlai Stevenson is a young man—he is
only 52. He can wait until 1956. More
than likely Eisenhower will be a much
better target in 1956 than in 1952 when he
is experiencing a very high degree of un-similiar
to the "We Want Wilkie" stamp­ede
in 1940 could be developed.
If Taft is the Republican nominee, Ste­venson
would no doubt reconsider. He
would probably consider it a patriotic duty
to run against the Isolationist and incon­sistent
Mr. Repubican. From all opinion
polls and recent articles it would seem that
the Illinois governor would have little
trouble in defeating Taft, who although he
may be able to buy convention delegates,
will have a tougher job of selling himself
to the American public.
Thus Governor Stevenson seems to
have removed himself from consideration
at this time for a definite purpose. If
Eisenhower is elected president, Steven­son,
if elected Illinois governor again in
November, would become the key man in
the Democratic party. He oould begin to
look strongly to 1956. If Taft is the 1952
Republican nominee, the Illinois chief exe­cutive
would probably welcome a draft in
the three weeks prior to the Democratic
convention.
Governor Stevenson continues to rise
in prominence within the Democratic
party. Although some try to make his
withdrawal appear as an end to his pros­pects
for the presidency, it would appear
that it further strengthens his position
both within the party and in the long range
planning which must accompany election
to the presidency.
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predjudice t o
maintain their
positions find
the civil rights
question far too
attractive to be'
destroyed. They
•would without
doubt oppose a
workable com-
Jennlngs promise if SUCh
a compromise were to be presented.
Another pertinent comment con­cerned
Miss Fleeson's opinion of
Taft's personal integrity or rather
his lack of it. One incident cited
was Mr. Taft's ability to say one
thing concerning his ideas on for­eign
policy in campaign speeches
and to hold an entirely opposite
view when the issues are voted
upon in Congress. Mr. Taft claims
to hold somewhat internationalist
views, but his voting record shows
him to be an unreformed isolation­ist,
or "nationalist" as Miss Fleeson
states that he prefers to be called.
Another point on which Mr.
Taft's shining political honesty
might be subject to careful obser­vation
concerns his attitude to­ward
his disreputable colleague,
Joe McCarthy. It was pointed out
that Taft's attitude toward Mc­Carthy
wavered with the political
winds until Taft was forced to
give McCarthy his unqualified
backing in order to win the Wis­consin
delegates to the Republican
national convention.
Miss Fleeson closed her lecture
with some remarks which may
sound over-used and trite, yet
which are nevertheless generally
sound. She defined a politician as
a person who thinks of the next
election and a statesman as a per­son
who thinks of the next genera­tion.
For our top position we need
more of the qualities of a states­man
than of a politician judging •
by the above definitions.. The ab­solute
statesman would of course
not be found, and would probably
be unpopular and unsuccessful
with his policies!
» * *
I WAS QUITE surprised to dis­cover
that Kefauver is trailing by
almost one-half the Democratic
candidate with the greatest number
of pledged delegates according to
figures in an Associated Press
summary.
New York's favorite son W.
Averell Harriman leads the Demo­crats
with 88% delegates at the
present spot in the campaign while
Kefauver is a poor seoond with
46% pledged votes.
However, the present figures are
undoubtedly out of proportion
concerning the personal favor with
which the candidates are regarded
nationally at present. Harriman's
delegates all come from his home
According To Hall
Local 'Ike' Interest
May Forecast Trend
By Max Hall
Announcement was made last
week of the formation of a 'ijfouth
for Eisenhower Club" on the Au­burn
campus.'At present the mem­bership
of the group is small, but
the motives which led to its forma­t
i o n will bear examination.
It is refreshing to see young
Southern voters who are at last
coming to the point where they
consider the qualifications of a
candidate rather than his party
affiliations.
For too many years, Southern
voters have blinded themselves to
the abilities of a candidate, and
found it enough that he be affili­ated
with the Democratic party.
The specter of ''Old Thad" Stevens,
who dominated the Republicans in
the days following Lincoln's death,
has haunted voters in this section
since the reconstruction period, and
the one-partyism which his atti­tudes
forced upon Southerners has
probably hurt the South as badly
as the Stevens-sponsored measures
which were so distasteful to our
great-grandfathers.
Years of campaigning have
brought-about changes in the poli­cies
of the two national parties
which have created a sectional
disadvantage in the one-party
system now favored by electors in
the South.
These changes' in party policy
have become so marked that the
possible dissolution of the "Solid
South" makes up a great deal of
the subject matter in many of the
barber shop political discussions
throughout the country.
Opinions vary as to the. signifi­cance
of the Southern revolt in
(Continued on page 8)
To The Editor,
Letters
Dear Students,
I would like to take this oppor­tunity
to thank you, the student
body of API- for your support in
the recent election, also the elec­tion
officials for their cooperation.
Even though our ultimate goal
was defeated, dpn't feel that it was
all in vain and a waste of time in
campaigning and voting. If nothing
else was accomplished, an interest
was stimulated and the office was
contested. v
Now that the election is over and
our officers decided for the com­ing
year, let us through them, with
our cooperation, support, Jhtefest
and voice make this year outstand­ing.
Don't sit back until another elec­tion
rolls around. Let your voice
be heard, and work toward a
greater Auburn-.
Sincerely,
Claude Casey, Jr.
(Continued on page 8)
Very Interesting Facts
By Gene 'Moose' Moore
Some Very Interesting Facts may often be found in some
newspapers and some magazines. I recently read some news­papers
and some, magazines and found some of these Very
Interesting Facts. Some of them follow.
Very Interesting Facts (Some)
A scientist from Ireland has
On the subject of superstitions,
bad luck is supposed to result from
walking under a ladder because
the ladder leaning against a wall
forms a triangle. Since a triangle
is symbolic of the Trinity, to walk
under a ladder was to the old-timers
practically a defiance of
things sacred.
asterisks
In a southern town a city direc­tory
canvass revealed the presence
of a very successful young insur­ance
man named Mason Dixon.
The personable salesman chuckles,
"An unforgetable name is . . .
an invaluable asset. A customer
called yesterday for me to write
him out a policy. Ha said that he
had listened to spiels from a dozen
other agents, but that he was most
impressed by the Mason Dixon
line." Quite a wit, this Dixon,
asterisks
Speaking of animals, the rabbit's
ears are large and turned back­ward
to hear sounds behind him
because he is an animal of flight.
'Most animals of prey have their
ears standing forward to catch the
sound before them. The elephant's
trunk contains more than 4,000
muscles, a greater number than
is found in the entire human body.
The National Livestock Producers
estimate that the average person
completed studies to support his
.contention that a bald head is the
mark of an educated man—that
there is an inverse ratio between
the growth of hair and develop­ment
of the intellect. • The more
hair, he insists, the fewer brains
in man (he is careful not to com­mit
himself on judging the intel-
' lect of a baldheaded women). Bald
geniuses, he points out, include
Bing Crosby, William Shakespeare,
Edgar Bergen; Julius Caesar, Soc­rates,-
and many others- But most
of the Presidents, including Wash­ington
and Lincoln, had hair. So
does Albert Einstein. So does Mari­lyn
Monroe. So do you. You
dummox.
asterisks
Horseshoes represent good luck
through the ancient belief that the
Devil always traveled in' circles.
He was consequently interrupted
when he arrived at either heel of
the shoe. And that explains why
every horse I try to ride seems so
full of the devil.
Cedric's Almanac
Major Cideo Offers
Supersonic Suspense
By Fred "Cedrlc" Nichols
The other night I had the honor
of witnessing one of Hollywood's
most spectacular productions. It
was one of those poor man's in-v
terpretations of "The Night the
-Earth Sat Quiet." The drama went
something like this.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: All char­acters
in this drama are fictional
and any person similar to these
characters, whether they be
living or dead, would be better
off dead.
It was a quiet night on the planet
Phlegm except for the constant
ker-rata-bwip-tabang coming from
the corrudizing machine. The king
of Phlegm was taking a hacienda
when he was awakened by the
corrudizing machine's electro-psycho
Major Cideo detector.
"Egad!" cried the king, "Major
Cideo approaches our planet with
the speed of a Bufferine. Proton
(his physicist who operates the
laboratory at w.hjch this revolting
development developes), prepare
the expectorating machine for ac­tion
so that we can show this in­truder
the power of Phlegm-"
As the space ship nears the
planet Phlegm, Major Cideo briefs
his co-pilot, Gall Stone, on the
purpose of the mission.
"What a stomach ache you've
turned out to be Gall Stone. You
didn't have to pull the starting
lever on this space ship just to
give your drink a kick. Now we
are on the way to the planet
Phlegm with no protection and
nothing to drink. What a way to
die, just think, nothing to drink."
"Oh, but most majorly Major,
we still have our .atom guns. I
know that they are atom guns
because it says so on the barrel. It
says that this gun is made . of
genuine atoms and. . . "
"Awsheddupp," yapped Cideo,
"we are approching the planet
Phlegm and should land in roughly
two minutes."
After two rough minutes had
passed, the space ship landed and
the Phlegmsters took Cideo and
Gall Stone to the king. The king
decided to subject his victims to
a torture that hasn't been equalled
since the time a guy swallowed
•some varbide and then lit a cigar.
Cideo and Gall Stone were put
in a room that was equipped with *
closing walls, toxic gas, negro
widow spiders, asafetida radia­tions,
and a metallic virgin (iron
maiden).
Will Cideo and Gall Stone es­cape?
Can they withstand the con­stant
ker-rata-bwip-tabang of the
asafetida radiation machine? Will
they get away from Phlegm alive?,
What will hoppen?
TO BE CONTINUED
Characteristically
Collegiate
We understand there is a lip­stick
on the market which con­tains
bourbon—making is kiss-proof,
smear-proof, and 100-proof.
* * *
And what kind of officer does
your uniform signify?" asked the
inquisitive old lady.
"I am a naval surgeon," he re­plied.
"Goodness me, how you doctors
specialize these days."
\
in the United States eats more
than 10,000 pounds of meat during
his life. That's the equivalent of
33 hogs, 10 lambs, eight steers,
four calves, and a 16-month-old
duck-billed paltypus. .
asterisks
Representative Arthur "Doc"
Miller of Nebraska played a fancy
tune on his Congressional abacus
recently, to come up with these
notes: "Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-'
dress contains 266 words. . . The
Ten Commandments contain 297
words. . . The Declaration of Inde­pendence
contains about 1,500
words. . . The OPS regulation
establishing prices for cabbages
contains 26,911 words."
asterisks
A publication of the American
Medical Association admits that
exercise is a fine thing, but warns
overweight people not to expect
too much from it as a weight-shedding
medium. Dieting is safer
and easier. "To lose a pound of
body fat by physical activity,"
says the article, "you would have
to saw wood for 10% hours, lay
14,731 bricks, do carpentry for
30 hours, shovel 114,000 pounds of
sand, run 43 miles or wrestle
five hours."
'asterisks
Selective Service officials re­ceived
a filled-in draft question­naire
in an envelope bearing-this
injunction: "Do Not Open Until
Christmas."
The End Of The Very Interesting
Facts (Some, at least).
When Summer Weather Reporters Begin,
Counter With These Conversation Hints
By Charles Sullivan
AS THE SUMMER MONTHS approach, newspapers and
magazines begin offering hot weather suggestions. Various
articles tell us what to eat, wear, and drink and how to enter­tain
ourselves during the sweltering season. In order to com­plete
the' cycle here are some hot weather conversation hints.
When you enter a store think three times before greeting
the clerk with one of the standard summer expressions and
then don't do it. The same applies when you meet a friend.
These people are human beings, or should be, and they realize
that it is hot, or that it is wet or dry. Your weather report is
no novelty to them.
In case someone beats you to the draw and comes up with
something like, "Hot enough for you?", regard him with gleam­ing
eyes and launch into a long discussion explaining in detail
why it is hot enough for you. That should teach him.
Another good policy to use in discouraging the time-worn
comments on the weather is known as the policy of disbelief
and utter surprise. It works this way:
When you encounter an acquaintance who says, ".Hot, isn't
it?" you immediately and vehemently disagree. To prove your
point, that it really isn't hot, quote temperatures recorded in
Death Valley, middle eastern deserts and other global hot
spots. This disbelief policy is educational as well as enter­taining.
A third useful method employed to help eliminate the stand­ard
hot weather expressions is the deaf act. In carrying out
this method, one acts aslf one didn't hear the weather reporter,
thereby causing the self-styled weatherman to repeat his state­ment
three or four times.
After the atmospheric expert makes his comment for the
fourth time, one may then look him coldly in the eye and '
say: "Who tipped you off?" This method is not recommended
for students talking with .instructors, nor is it recommended
for politicians.
As one replacement for weather reports as conversation
starters I suggest the following query: "How is your' cousin?"
Practically everyone has a few cousins and some interesting
conversations may be begun with the above question.
* * * *
NOW FOR A FEW FORECASTS on the national and inter­national
scenes.
June
' Egypt gives England 24 hours to get the Suez Canal off
Egyptian territory.
A survey of television shows reveals that kiddie programs
feature 2.6 times as many corpses as adult plays.
July
Argentine scientists announce perfection of an invention
that makes Juan Peron obsolete.
. August
Little Orphan Annie turns Communist and shoots Daddy
Warbucks.
September
After months of consultation with Naylor Stone, Zipp New­man
picks Alabama as nation's No. 1 football team.
October
After the first two games are rained out, the World Series
is played in a television studio.
November
Turkey mortality rate takes phenomenal rise.
December
President-elect Eisenhower is finally cleared for loyalty,
and states that he definitely has no political ambitions for a
second term.
Harold Stassen throws his hat in the presidential ring for
1956. h* * * ,*
EDITOR'S NOTE: A junior in science and literature from
Camp Hill, this week's guest columnist is a journalisni major
whom next year's Plainsman readers will hear a lot from as one
of the Plainsman's mainstays. Already established as a news
writer, Sullivan is this week initiated into the happy circle of
columnists, thereby giving his readers and himself a preview
of the rocky road ahead in his column-writing career.
\
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WITH COONSKIN CAP, CRIME-SMASHING
Senator Kefauver Courts Public Fancy
By Les Ford
. Coonskin caps and brime investigating have caught the
public fancy and lifted Estes Kefauver into national prom­inence.
Though he h a d been in Congress for nine years, Ke­fauver
was l i t t l e known to t h e average man, even in his home
s t a t e of Tennessee, when he sought the Democratic nomina­tion
for senator in 1948. I propriation; Kefauver was ap-
Now, four years later, he is a | pointed chairman and immediate-presidential
candidate. The coon­skin
cap, donned as a campaign
stunt, was credited with having
a large part in starting him on his
way. It became an emblem of his
cand;dacy for "the Senate and at­tracted
widespread attention to
him, resulting in an easy victory
•in both the primary and general
election over a powerful political
leader.
SOON A F T E R entering the
Senate, Kefauver proposed a
committee to investigate crime in
the nation. The committee was
authorized with a $150,000 ap-
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ly began work: The committee
televised hearing in 1951 which
thrilled millions with closeups of
bigtime racket chiefs, gamblers
and hoodlums who were among
the witnesses.
The tall bespectacled chairman
with the southern drawl became
known throughout the United
States as a result of the 25,000-
mile cross country series of hear­ings.
He was talked of seriously
as presidential timber. Early in
1952 he announced as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for that office. His announcement
called for "new blood and new
ideas" in the nation's political
life.
THE CRIME-BUSTING Sena­tor
was a lawyer by profession
but he never either prosecuted or
defended a criminal in his career.
His speciality was insurance and
corporation law. He was born
July 26, 1903, at Madisonville,
Tenn., in the state's hill country
and was named Carey Estes Ke­fauver.
He later dropped the first
name. The surname, accented on
the first syllable, has some times
been spelled Keefau'ver.
Upon graduating from high
school he entered the University
of Tennessee and achieved his
first political victory when he
was elected president of the stu­dent
body. He also was editor of
the college paper.
The 6 foot 3 inch, 200-pound
Kefauver played guard and tackle
on the football team and gained
the nickname of "Old Ironsides"
for his ruggedness, and also ex­celled
in discus and high jumping
on the track team. For a year
after his graduation in 1924, Ke­fauver
taught high school mathe­matics
in Hot Springs, Ark., and
5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 30, 1952
served as athletic coach.
STATING that his job was too
temporary, he entered Yale Law
School and there waited on tab­les,
tended furnaces and did other
odd jobs to pay his way: He grad­uated
cum laude in 1927, began
practicing law ' in Chattanooga
and in 1935 married Nancy Pigott,
an attractive red-head.
In 1938 Kefauver ran for the
state senate, but was defeated.
Early the next year he accepted
the post of State Commissioner
of Finance and Taxation, but quit
it after a few months to enter
the race for a congressional seat
that had been vacated by death.
He won and served in the House
from May of 1939 until he took
his seat in the Senate at the be­ginning
of 1949.
DURING his brief service in
the Tennessee state government,
he had taken a leading part in
revising the financial setup. As a
House member he gained a repu­tation
as a serious student of
government and as a "liberal." He
sponsored measures tp curtail
monopolistic business practices, to
further, federal aid to education
and>o set up an agency for vet­erans
who needed financial help
to get started in business. A ma­gazine
poll chose him as one of
the 10 best Congressmen.
A pro-labor congressman, Ke­fauver'
voted against the Taft-
Hartley labor management bill,
and supported t h e reciprocal
trade and foreign aid programs
and a measure for the reorganiza­tion
of C o n gr e s s. Although
Southerners generally strongly
favored the filibuster, Kefauver
joined forces with those who
wanted to change the Senate rules
to prevent that parliamentary
tactic. The Senator favors civil
rights measures including laws to
insure the right, to vote to both
negroes and whites.
WANTED—Ride to Podunk at the
end of the quarter. Please call
Samuel S. Samuel anytime from
3 a.m. to 3:10 a.m.
SAE Spring Formal
(Continued from page 2)
ky Pease, Marianne Edmond, Co,-
lumbus, Ga.; Burnham Cooper,
Gloria Perkins, Atlanta, Ga.
CECIL CANTEY, Sue Martin,
Eufaula; Mose Stuart, Jane Mast­ers,
Birmingham; Jack Skinner,
Martha Brumback, Macon, Ga.;
Tommy Hughes, Elizabeth Wood*
Atlanta, Ga.; Lamtr Burford, Pat
Randall, Birmingham; F r a nk
Copeland, Irvine Leverett, Mar­ion;
Lloyd Sweatt, Phoebe Brun-r
son, Montgomery; John Robert­son,
Beth Thompson, Atlanta, Ga.
Jack Wright, Ann Wilson, Mo­bile;
Bob Hand, Carrie Jean Bry-ars,
Stockton; George Atkins,
Peggy Elliott, Decatur;-Dick Dob-yns,
Mary McConnell, Chatta­nooga,
Tenn.; Jimmy Parrish,
Harriet Grubbs, Dothan; Sonny
Thames, Libby Whitman, rJothan;
Juddy Williams, Carol McLean,
San Francisco, Cal. ..•
Bubba Tatum, Pat Pittman,
Shreveport, La.; Werth Roberts,
Jane Medlock, Winter Park, Fla.;
Mister Smith, Carole Upchurch,
Montgomery; D o u g McBride,
Bobby Hyde, Montgomery; Jim
Long, Virginia A n n Johnson,
Hartselle; Marc Barbant, Sally
Calloway, LaGrange, Ga.
. * * »
BILL PITTS, Jane Blagg, SeL-ma;
Sam Cassells, Fanelle Bar­nes,
Montevallo; Mose Radford,
Lavonia Hamilton, Ameriaus, Ga.;
Bradley Hale, Betty Jackson, Bir­mingham;
Pup Phillips, Ann Yar-borough,
Thomaston, Ga.; Jimmy
Crouch, Jean Wheeler, Brennan,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Wil­liamson,
Auburn.
C. TUMNER ELECTED
NEW IRC PRESIDENT
Clarence Tamner, junior in his­tory
from Auburn, was recently
elected president of the Interna­tional
Relations Club to serve for
three quarters!
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Other officers w e r e Alfred
Mathews, punior in chemistry from
Decatur, vice-president, and Rus­sell
Lowery, junior in architecture
from Auburn, secretary-treasurer.
Tumner announced that all per­sons
interested in world affairs are
invited to attend the meetings of
IRC held every Monday night at
7:30 in the lounge of Magnolia Hall.
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API's Telephone Switchboard Provides
Efficient Service For Faculty, Students
By Max Hall
Providing efficient telephone service for Auburn's huge
faculty and student body is a tremendous job, and for some
reason, the people and equipment that do it are among the
least known functions of the college's department of buildings
and grounds.
All telephone calls to offices,
campus police, and the college
hospital, along with a large per­centage
of the calls to women's
dorms, are handled by the PBX
(private b r a n c h exchange)
switchboard in Samford base­ment.
In addition to handling calls to
all college buildings, the PBX
staff serves as a general clearing­house
for information about off-?
campus students, residences of
faculty and staff members, and
the various functions of the col­lege,
of the U.S. Government, and
of the State of Alabama in Au­burn.
THE TELEPHONE equipment
is leased from Southern Bell, and
while the college is responsible
for operating personnel, t he
company takes care of necessary
repair and maintenance work.
The Auburn PBX consists of a
two-position switchboard which
handles incoming calls only. Out­going
and intra-college calls are
taken care of by a dial System.
During office hours, two oper­ators
are on duty, and they us­ually
have their hands full, since
the college system does an im­mense
volume of business, even
though limited to incoming calls.
Recent peg counts have revealed
that total traffic runs from 1,500
to 3,000 calls in a 24-hour period,
with rush hour phone use run­ning
as high as 300 calls per hour.
* * * ^
MUCH ROUTINE telephone
traffic ends with the close of of­fice
hours, but the college oper­ator's
work has just begun. A
heavy flow of calls to the wo­men's
dorms usually begins at
about the same time the offices
close, and continues unabated
until 11 p.m.
Since the PBX offers the only
telephone 'outlet to the college
hospital, the small animal clinic,
and the campus police, 24-hour
service is essential. A student
operator is on duty from 11 p.m.
until 8 a.m., but since midnight
telephone traffic is slight, he us­ually
manages to get a fairly de­cent
night's sleep while on the
iob. Exceptions arise, of course,
with emergencies, an occasional
drunk who has the telephoning
urge, or some other unusual oc­currence
which increases tele­phone
traffic.
EVEN WEEK ENDS provide no
respite for college switchboard
personnel. Although all college
offices are closed, athletic events,
week end visitors, and a greatly
increased number of long distance
calls to students keep the Week
end operators on the go.
At present, the A.P.I, telephone
system employs three full-time
operators and two part-time stu­dents.
Two of the full-timers are
on duty during office hours, and
\the other works the 4:30 to 11
p.m. shift. One student keeps the
board going at night, while the
other works on week ends and
performs relief chores.
Mrs. Bessie Bailey, chief pper-ator
on the college system, has
held that position for six years,
and has had a good opportunity
to observe the increase in college
telephone traffic. "When I came
to Auburn," says Mrs. Bailey,
"there was a one-position switch­board,
with 110 'extensions."
* * *
THE POST-WAR building and
enrollment boom made it neces-
(Continued on page 8)
Tate Named Winner
In Design Contest
. Allen Tate, a senior in interior
design from Birmingham, was r e ­cently
awarded a trip to New
York as first prize in the Amer­ican
Institute of Decorators' Stu­dent
Design Competition.
For his design of a country club
lounge and its adjoining terraces,
Tate also received a $200 cash
award and a citation of merit for
excellence in design. The contest,
open to students in interior de­sign,
is usually national in scope,
but this year it was international.
The April issue of Interior, a
professional magazine, will use
Allen's winning design in an ad­vertisement
of Vakassian and
TIGER FLYER'TO BE
NAME OF AF PAPER
Tiger Flyer is the name select­ed
for the AFROTC's semi-week­ly
newspaper, announces Walter
M. Everidge, editor of the paper.
The title was suggested by James
A. Rainwater, Billingsley.
Sons, furniture designers and
manufacturers.
Tate is the second A.P.I, stu­dent-.^
to win first place in this
contest. During his four-day stay
in New York, he was feted at the
Stork Club; visited Dan Cooper's
Penthouse Plaza, a show room for
fabric and furniture design, and
visited other show rooms and
museums.
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FOOTS LMEY SPORTS
EDITOR
Installation of 'Hall Of Fame' Chapter
Would Represent 'Greater Auburn' Step
Joe Dean was recently admitted to Louisiana State Uni­versity's
Athletic Hall of Fame. Selection of Dean for the
highest honor bestowed by that institution upon a Bayou
athlete was warranted by his basketball wizardry culminated
this season after three years on the LSU varsity.
Membership in a collegiate sports hall of fame represents the ulti­mate
esteem attained by those whose play excell teammates and com­petitors
in the major sports fields.
Anothr step in the direction of a Greater Auburn would be made
with the installation of a local hall of fame to hail Auburn athletic
greats. The roll of such a circle would certainly include the names of
such erstwhile Auburn men as Monk Gafford, Tex Warrington, Percy
Beard, Travis Tidwell, Willard Nixon, Whitey Overton, and Shag
Hawkins—only a few ex-Plainsmen deserving a place in the panel
of notables.
But who would choose members for the "Hall"? An impartial
board comprised by the school president, an alumni association repre­sentative,
and a trio of persons directly connected with Auburn athletics
v could make the most qualified choices-
So, an Auburn Athletic Hall of Fame is advocated by this desk as
a gesture of gratitude for eminence and prestige brought this school
by the services of those inen who wore the Orange and Blue. It would
be a final collegiate sports tribute to the great stars of yesterday.
—McGowen Boosts Manager Meador
A college baseball team includes an individual to whom little
attention or credit is extended. The manager who spends as many
hours as team members in tending his duties, contributes much to the
group's success but his name seldom appears in literature of sports.
Ooach Dick McGowen, attempting to reverse the usual non-recog-nition-
of-managers procedure, asserts Bill Meador as an All-Ameri­ca
manager and his work a contribution to the Plainsmen's success.
Meador is a senior from Uniontown.
"Bill is a good manager—the best I've ever seen. He does all
expected of a manager and more,, too," said.McGowen, as he spoke to
his Auburn baseballers.
—He Always Played By The Rules
"Bouncing Bud Wendling took the snap, darted through the left
side of the exhausted Tech line, sidestepped his way past the fatigued
secondary, and shot down the sidelines for the second Auburn score,"
is an excerot from a 1940 issue of The Plainsman, describing what
was George V. Wendling's first and probably most important touch­down
of his college career-
Last week from the Korean stalemate came news that the Com­munists
had found the body of Major Wendling in a Sabre jet crash in
taboo Manchuria.' He had been missing since April 18 when his craft
was reported hit in a "MIG, Alley" skirmish.
Apparently _Maj or Wendling's ship, having been damaged in the
air battle, soared on over the Yalu River (boundary between forbidden
Manchuria and North Korea) to the fatal crash site. The alleged nar­ration
contradicts the fact that Bud Wendling, one of Auburn's true
sons and former Tiger gridders, had always played by the rules.
—-Tiger Topics
Naylor (Birmingham ' Post-Herald) Stone—"John Bradberry, a
staunch booster of Auburn for a lot of years while sports editor of the
Atlanta Constitution is opening a sporting goods store in Auburn. 'I love
Auburn and always have," John writes. 'I hope they'll make my
place their headquarters.'"
Joe (Atlanta Journal) Boyd quotes from Tom Siler of the Knox-ville
News-Sentinel this anecdote, "Forty-seven years ago Gainesville
(Fla.) lured the state university from Ocala on the promise that the
city would furnish free water to the institution. Since then, 1905, the
university has doubled in size mafly times, yet Gainesville has only
26,000 residents. A few years ago the city wanted to annul the free-water
deal, but the state Supreme Court ruled a 'deal is a deal' and the
university goes right on using millions of gallons of water at no cost."
Included in Bill Beckwith's brochure of Auburn sports for the
. spring quarter is a section denoting stadium facilities thusly: "Football
—Cliff Hare stadium, 22,500; Tennis—20 Tennis Courts, 15,340, ana
Golf—Saugahatchee-vCountry Club, 200,000" When is the first capacity
golf gallery expected, Bill?
Ed (Atlanta Journal) Danforth—"It was predicted Tuesday (April
22) by the Birmingham News that the annual Southern-Southeastern
track meet (originally set for May 24) would be abandoned this year. . •
This was definitely announced here three weeks ago. . . It is dangerous
| to miss an issue of the Atlanta papers, Zjpp."
Jack (Atlanta Journal) Jackson—"Auburn came up with another
promising prospect as it lost to Alabama. . . Freshman James Spann
won the po'ie vault at 12-2. He is from Plant City, Fla., and will bear
watching."
Tom (Columbus, Ga., Ledger) Kinney—"Following the A-Day
game Coach Snug Jordan had praise for his 65-man squad- . . There is
one thing for sure, Jordan wilfhave his squad in condition for that
opener with the (Maryland) Terps and Big Jim Tatum knows it."
Hats off to Coach Dick McGowen and his baseballers for winning
the "Alabama World Series" pennant. Good luck and an exhibition
of the type play shown against the Crimson Tide could result in a
sweep of the Florida series and a second pennant of the year for
Auburn—the SEC flag.
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Lambda Chi Blasts A T O , Phi Kappa Tau
By Mickey Logue
Lambda Chi Alpha blasted Phi Kappa Tau, 14-4, and
downed Alpha Tau Omega, 11-6, to become the only double
winner in last week's fraternity softball play.
In other inter-frat contests, Sigma Nu dropped Phi Delta
Theta, 8-2; Pi Kappa Alpha edged Pi Kappa Phi, 10-9; Kappa
Alpha smeared Tau Kappa Epsi
Ion, 30-6; Sigma Phi Epsilon nip­ped
Sigma Nu, 7-6; Kappa Sigma
handed Tau Kappa Epsilon its
second defeat, 22-10, and Sigma
Pi and Pi Kappa Alpha fought to
a futile 7-J deadlock.
Stevenson and Smith led LCA
with two hits each. B. T. Smith
limited PKT to five bingles. Nel­son's
double was top blow for the
losers.
LCA's MYERS paced his team
over ATO with three hits, includ­ing
a home run. Peck and Steven­son
followed close behind as they
collected two safeties apiece.
Spencer, Kent, Murray, Bridges
and Jones all bingled for ATO.
SN managed only one hit, but
the Snakes walked to a win over
PDT, getting 15 free passes to
first. Hughes provided the only
base knock. Black's double and
single sparked the loser's six-hit
attack.
* * *
HENDERSON headed the PKA
effort with a four-master and a
single. Smith, Cunningham and
Hartselle also had two safe
blows for the victors. PKP was
paced by Guthrie's two doubles
and a single. Phillips and Barton
followed with two bingles each.
Confederate h e a v y artillery
was commanded by Stratford,
Krame and Marriot who all hom­ered
as the Rebels unleashed a
21-hit barrage on TKE. Brown,
Hutchinson and Morris collected
the losers' three hits off pitcher
Mummert.
DAMS UP TIDE
Buck Bradberry
. * * * \
Auburn Wins Three
In 'Alabama Series'
Capt. Gene Hoehle's pinch hit,
two-run homer in the ninth in-ning
gave Auburn a 19-8 win
over Alabama Saturday, and a
third victory in four starts
against the Tide in a publicized
"Alabama World Series."
After dropping the opener to
'Bama, 5-1, Auburn, behind the
five-hit hurling of Ernie Snow,
retaliated to a 8-4 decision over
the Tide in the second game
played here.
Buck Bradberry stunned the
Crimsons with a three-hit, 14-6
win in the first of two games
played in Tuscaloosa, to send
Auburn one-up in the series.
Following his * game-winning
blow, Hoehle shut out the Tide
in the ninth to safeguard Au­burn's
margin.
* * *
TWIRLERS York and Wade of
SPE and SN, respectively, both
tossed five-hitters, but the win­ners
pushed across one more
tally in the hard fought tilt. SN's
Sam Butner was the lone per­former
to get twp hits. '
Petree, with a perfect day at
the platter, homered, tripled and
hit two doubles to lead the KS
over TKE. Salmon's homer was
another potent blow for the win­ners.
Brown, with two triples and
a single for the losers, proved
tough at the plate for TKE. .
* * *
EIGHT innings of spirited play
left PKA and SP tied, 7-7, in
runs and there were also seven
hits collected by each side. Tuck­er
and Henderson bingled twice
for the Pikes with catcher Littles
getting a pair for SP.
API Netrers Drop
Five Straight Meets
Competition in the SEC has
proved to be plenty rough for Au­burn's
netmen, as the Tigers have
lost five straight conference match­es
and have won none.
Two losses came at the hands
of Mississippi State, both by a
score of 6-3.
Florida is easily the best team
the Tigers have faced thus far;
the 'Gators trounced Auburn, 9-0.
With three former state tennis
champs on the squad, Florida rates
second only to Tulane in the con­ference.
In an effort to chalk up a win,
Coach Luther Young shifted his
line-up for, the Ge6rgia Tech
match, but his efforts were in vain
as Tech won 7-2.
Auburn's last loss was to Ala­bama,
6-3. The Tigers played
the Tide a second match Monday,
but at press time the outcome was
not known.
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7—THE PLAINSMAN #e<taM*»y, April so, i»52 QMS READY 70 BEAR CLAWS' AGAINST VALLEY
Florida Cindermen Trip Auburn, 7848;
Jim Dillion, Creel Pace Plainsmen
By Jim Jennings
The Auburn track team, coached by Wilbur Hutsell, was
defeated by Percy Beard's Florida squad on the Auburn track
Saturday afternoon, 78-48. Beard was one of Hutsell's all-time
great track stars as a high hurdler at Auburn during his
college career.
Cool, damp weather did not
bother speedster Jackie Creel as
he set one record and tied another
for. Auburn-Florida track meets
while winning the 100 and 220-
yard dashes for Auburn. He ran
the 220 in 21.2, seconds to break
the record of 21.7 seconds set by
Kearney of. Florida in 1940.
* * *
CREEL RAN the 100-yard dash
in a sensational 9:8 seconds, leav­ing
his nearest competitor, Jack­son
of Florida, far behind. It Was
a new personal record for Creel
and tied times set by Kearney in
1938 and by Chauncey Wood of
Auburn in 1951.
Jim Dillion, Auburn weight
man, was the.second double win­ner
for Auburn. He annexed firsts
KA, TC Dominate
Greek Swimmers
In Preliminary Meet
Thirteen participants in the
League I and II swimming meets
paddled their way into the inter-fraternity
playoffs May 7, by cap­turing
first or second places in
their respective .loops last week.
* Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Theta Chi
and Tau Kappa Epsilon in loop I
secured four, three and one posi­tions
respectively for the big May
event. Kappa' Alpha monopolized
its' meet by sweeping all firsts and
seconds in League II.
WOODS, speedy Theta Chi
aquaman, was the lone double
winner in his league meet. He
captured the 50 and 100-yard
dashes. l-i'
Rebels Bartlett and Horton
placed first and second respect­ively
in the League II 50 and 100-
yard dashes as standouts in that
meet.
Results in League I:.+ \ . „. .
50-yard dash: 1. Wgods, TC; 2.
' Whitman, TKE; 3.' Peavy, PKff-'f.
Horn, TC. Time: 19.5.
50-yard b r e a s t stroke: 1.
Stroud, SAE; 2. Roberts, SAE; 3.
Yauger, SP; '4. Iback, TC. Time:
•27.0. ;
is* * *
100- YARE§ SWIM: 1. Woods,
TC; 2. Wright, TC; 3V Whitman,
TKE; 4. Skinner, SAE. Time: 45.1.
50-yard backstroke: 1. Austin,
SAE; 2. Vann, SAE; 3. Bigler,
SP;'4. Bates, TC. Time: 26.6.
Results in League II:
50-yard dash: 1. Bartlett, KA;
2. Horton, KA; 3. Hanes, DSP; 4.
Walker, DSP. Time: 19.3.
* * i*
50-YARD breast stroke: 1.
Warren, KA; 2. Brame, KA; 3.
Phillips, DSP; 4. DuBois, DSP.
Time: 26.1.
100-yard swim: 1. Bartlett.KA;
2. Horton, KA; 3, Chandler, PKP;
4.1 Hanes, DSP. Time: 43:8.
50-yard back stroke: 1. Veach,
KA; 2. Turbidy, KA; 3. Bozeman,
PKP; 4i Walker, DSP. Time: 26.8.
in the shot put with a push of 48
feet, 9 inches and the discus with
a toss of 154 feet, 1-% inch.es. Both
were mediocre performances for
Dillion, who was shut out of the
javelin throw as Florida took all
three places. Busing won in the
javelin with a throw of 181 feet,
10% inches.
• • • * * *
FLORIDA also scored shutouts
in the broad jump and in the 220-
yard low hurdles. Vickers won
the broad jump with a leap of 22
feet, 8»/2 inches. Knowles led the
low hurdlers with a 24.2 second
time. . .
Wood was the leading point-gatherer
for Florida on the basis
of victories in the mile and half-miie
runs. Four minutes, 39.7 sec­onds
was necessary for victory in
the mile, and two minutes in the
half.
Biir Fickling finished out in
front in the high hurdles for Au­burn
in 14.8 seconds, bettering his
past time of 15 seconds flat. High­ly
rated Knowles of Florida was
second.; .. .."•..
* * *
PAPPA HALL, NCAA title
holder in the high jump, was
beaten by teammate Don Hester,
Who cleared 6 feet, 3% inches.
Hall was second, followed by
Fenn and Vogt tying for Auburn.
Auburn team captain Duncan
Bryant turned in a flashy perfor­mance
in the 440-yard dash while
winning in 50.1 seconds. Auburn's
James Spann tied with Harper of
Florida for first place in the pole
vault with the bar set at 12 feet.
Fenn of Auburn was third.
* * *
AUBURN collected its eighth
first place as Allison Christopher
won the 2-mile run in 10 minutes,
2 seconds. -Andrews of Florida
and Bob Stine of Auburn finished
next in that order.
Baby Sluggers Split
fe^With Tiders
Coach Tom Page's frosh batsmen
split a two game series at the Cap­stone
Monday and Tuesday with
the Bama frosh. The locals drop­ped
Monday's tilt 5-4, but retali­ated
Tuesday by walloping 'Bama
8-3.
Jack Ramsay and George Pyle
shared pitching chores for the
Plainsman frosh on Monday, while
Terry went the winners' -route for
the Tide. Eight Auburn hits were
gathered off Terry; Claude Kinsey
and Mack Lee rapped out two
apiece.
In Tuesday's game, William Wal­lace
turned in an excellent mound
job for Auburn by allowing the
Bama frosh only three bingles.
Durham and McBride managed hill
duties for tBama, giving up four
safeties apiece.
Douglas Dickie and Larry Jones
handled' a lot of timber for the
Baby Tigers, with a double and a
single each.
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PLAYING THEIR LAST HOME GAME of t'.ie season Monday against Valley High are Auburn's
freshman baseballers. Pictured are (back row) Tabby Beatty, James Sexton, Julian Burgess, Claude
: Kinsey, Bill Nelson, Glenn Pugh, Douglas Dickey, Bobby Davis; and Coach Tom Page; (front row)
Manager John Jacobs, Jim Montgomery, Mac Lee, Larry Jones, William Ward, Jim Pyburn, George
Pyle, and Joe Cobb. • Not shown are Frank Hend rick, William Wallace, Bill Whitaker, Bobby Reeves,
and Jack Ramsey. (A.P.I, photo by Barton Perry.)
• • • •. #r *
Plebe Baseballers Meet Valley
In Last Home Game Monday
- By Dave Laney
George Pyle will probably get the call as the starting hurl-er
when Auburn's plebe baseballers, coached by Tom Page,
face Valley High here Monday in the Baby Tigers' last home
game.
In six games this season, the frosh have won three and
lost the same number; however, fiei | j jng ability,
their trio of setbacks have .been At S e C O n d b a s e h a s b e e n a con-by
a marginal total of only four s t a n t f i g h f r b e t w e f n T a b b y Beatty,
runs. Of three decisions wrth Ala- S e l m a > a n d J o e cf)bb) j e n n s o n j f or
the starting role. "Both are good
fielders and fair hitters," states
bama's freshmen, one has favored
the Cubs; a. pair of contests with
Tallassee High were split, and in
the first two games with Opelika
High, the Plainsmen emerged as
winners. A return game with Ope­lika
was slated yesterday.
Twenty strong, the freshman
squad includes seven pitchers, five
infielders, a pair of catchers, and
six outfielders.
£ $ «
PYL€, Demopolis, is probably
top hurler of the pitching corps and
leads in strikeouts. Though he
has no victories thus far, his relief
work has been superb.
William Wallace, Opelika, is the
winningest pitcher, with all the
Plainsmen's wins; however, he
warranted relief in two of his ac­credited
wins.
Jack • Ramsey/ Btrmih;
heads the remainder, of the staff
which includes Julian Burgess,
Waycross, Ga.; William Ward, Au­burn;
Frank Hendrick, Hurtsb.oro,
and Bill Whitaker, Childersburg.
* * *
BILL NELSON, Birmingham, has
done most of the catching for the
Cubs. • Jim Pyburn, Birmingham,
alternated with Nelson in the first
few games, but now occupies third
base as a regular.
Mac Lee$whom Page terms "def­inite
varsity material,",/? nailed
down the first baseman's job early
in the season and is hsftled for his
Page.
Jim Sexton, Sylaca'uga, by vir­tue
of-his batting average (.380),
leads Claude Kinsey, West Point,
in the race for first team shortstop.
Douglas Dickey, Pell City,
wields a booming bat to rest atop
the list of outfielders. Saturday he
smashed two circuit clouts against
the Tide frosh, although one wasn't
recorded since rain retarded play
in the second tilt before five full
innings of play.
Bobby Davis, Atmore, is center-fielder
»and lead7off man. "He has
a knack for getting on base," said:
Page.
Larry Jones, Castleberry, patrols
right field. Jones, perhaps tie
>st consistent hitter on the squa|i^
fj&urrent'ly Batting .330.
'Bobby Reeves, Lanett, and piehn
Pugh, Auburn, are utility outfield-r
ers. Reeves is an adept pinch "hit­ter,
and Pugh cart catch if needed.
Jim Montgomery, Wylam, is often
used as a pinch hitter, 'but can
play outfield or shortstop when
called upon. ..
"Manager John Jacobs is a pretty
good athlete himself—he's proba­bly
the best ball player I have,
but I just don't know it," conclud­ed
Page.
Page, making his debut as fresh­man
baseball coach is from Bay
Minette. Next fall, he plans to
assist freshman football head Dick
McGowen, as he did last season-
Wesley, Baptists Win
In Church Softball
Pounding out 18 hits, Wesley
Foundation trounced Church of
Christ, 23-8, in the opening game
for each team last week.
Freeman and Dowman collect­ed
three hits each for Wesley with
one of the latter's blows being
a home run. Pruett led the losers
wi.th a grand-slam homer.
Baptist Student Union won "by
forfeit over Canterbury in the
other scheduled game.
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As an outstand-ing
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Foots, a senior in
industrial management
from Columbus, Ga., is
sports editor and past
associate editor of The
P l a i n s man, national
president of Tau Nu
Tau honorary for,mili­tary
engineers, vice-president
and past sec­retary
of Alpha Tau
Omega social frater­nity
and a member of
Omicron Delta Kappa
honor society.
WHERE AUBURN STUDENTS TRADE
Thinclads To Meet
With Yellow Jackets
In Final Dual Clash
The Auburn track team should
be rated a favorite over Georgia
Tech when the squads race at the
Grant Field track in Atlanta Sat­urday,
May 3.
Both squads were losers in last
Saturday's meets as the Florida
Gators defeated Auburn 78-48, and
Tech scored 59 to place second in
a triangular meet with Florida
State and the University of
Georgia.
ALTHOUGH Tech scored more
points than the Tigers in the sep­arate
meets Saturday, Jackie Creel,
Jim billion, and Bill Fickling
should lead a scoring attack that
will combine to give Auburn the
edge, j i
According to the results of per
formances of Tech against Florida
State, Dillion, Auburn's point lead­er,
should face some of the strong­est
competition in the meet. Fred
Berman of Tech pushed the shot
49 feet, 1* inch and Ed Baskin
threw the javelin 187 feet, closely
followed by Sam Hensley with a
toss of 184 feet
AUBURN'S Allison Christopher
should rate the favorite in the two-mile
run. Christopher turned a 10
minute, 2 second performance
against Florida, as compared with
a winning time of 10 minues, 42
seconds in the triangular meet
Georgia Tech's leading point-winner
is freshman Bobby Barron.
He scored 16 points against FSU
and Georgia in the high jump,
broad jump, and the high and low
hurdles.
After the Tech meet the Tigers'
next competition is the South­eastern
Conference meet in Bir­mingham
May 17-18.
Navy Slams Tigers
In Independent Play
Navy lowered, the boom on the
Tigers, 18-2, last week in inde­pendent
league softball play for
its tnird win without a loss.
In other loop contests, Delta
Tau Delta bounced Division F,
21-14; Basic 2-B downed Advan­ced,
10-4, and the Cats squeezed
by the Slickers, 13-12. Basic 1-A
received a forfeit from Basic 1-B
and Delta Chi got a charity game
from Division A.
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AUSTIN tripled and McCor-mack
doubled to pace the sailors.
Johnson led the Tigers with two
hits.
DTD's- Finch and Logan each
homered and doubled. Slay and
Vinson hit four-base blows for
the losers.
Pitcher Freeman t o s s e d a
AOPi, ALUMNI HALL
VICTORS IN SOFTBALL
In two softball games played this
week, Alumni Hall trounced Theta
Upsilon, 13-2, and Alpha Omicron
Pi was victor in a game with
Alpha Delta Pi,7-2. The coed teams
are scheduled to clash again Wed­nesday.
All games will be played
at 5 p.m. on the freshman field.
The table tennis tourney cham­pion
is Eleanor Allen, Dorm II, who
defeated Ann McClendon and Dot
Reddy to win. There were 48
girls entered in the tournament.
three-hitter at Advanced and col­lected
a like number of hits, in­cluding
a homer, to lead Basic
2-B. Duke also hit for the circuit
for the winners. Pitcher Spence
paced the losers with a triple, and
Hitt had two singles.
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MAKING SENSE OUT OF STATISTICS FLYIN' TIGER
API Interprets Research For Alabamians
By Fred Nichols
"To give the people of Alabama a more complete under­standing
of research findings, to the end that living may be
improved," is the avowed purpose of Auburn's Education
Interpretation Service.
Founded in 1945 with Dr. Paul Irvine as director, the
service has advanced from an ex­periment
to a full-time agency,
and has exceeded state boundaries
in its work of achieving research
understanding.
The staff has now grown to six
National Honorary Taps
10 Auburn Engineers
members, and the service has
moved into new, permanent quar­ters
in Thach Hall.
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RESEARCH DONE by the ETS
is divided into the following :delds:
A.P.I., public agencies, and semi-public
agencies. Included in its
research service is aid in produc­ing
more readable, attractive and
useful publications for the clients.
The EIS is constantly doing r e ­search
in the reading level of
different population groups. This
addition, these productive services
have been used by private; agen­cies.
According to Phyllis Rae, full
time writer, oqe of the biggest
jobs that the EIS has undertaken
was the production of the Anno­tated
Civil Defense Bibliography
for Teachers. This was published
through the Federal Civil Defense
Administration to be used as the
official guide throughout the na­tion.
The production of t h is
j manual required that three of the
'staff be sent to Washington to do
T e n undergraduate students
were selected this week for Pi
Tau Sigma, national honor ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i ^ W t e i ^ S S
ty for outstanding students in fo g d j u s t ^ p u b l i c a t i o n s t 0 t h e
mechanical engineering. Pi T?au • ^ d i e n c e . s r e a d i n g a b i l i t y . «.We
Sigma is devoted to fostering high £jfa. t h e l a n g u a g e to fit the read-ideals
in the engineering profes- ing audience," Director Irvine ex-sion,
stimulating interest in co- p ] a i n e cj
ordinate departmental activities, | p e r h a p s t h e m o s t popular, pub-and
promoting the mutual wel- • l i c a t i o n pr0duced for A.P.I, is the
fare of its members. | p i c t o r i a i booklet distributed . to
Students tapped for Pi Tau Sig- high school seniors, titled, What
ma are Robert M. Arthur, Gads- Is This Thing Called College? This
den; FranhrT. Brandon, Birming- publication is used to introduce
ham; Nestor J. Cifuentes, Central Auburn to prospective students.
Constancia, Cuba; John M. Green, * * *
Mobile; Charles D. High tower,
Auburn; Francis J. Ktiwin, Mo-
THE EIS also aids the college
in production of text books, leaf-b.
ile; James H. Landers, Jr., West i lets, bulletins, articles, and manu
Palm Beach, Fla.; John V. Melon- scripts. This 'service includes
as, Birmingham; Edward S. Mintz, I writing,-revising, designing, illus-
Anniston, a n d Robert Vann.. trating, and supervising the pub-
Owens, Chattanooga, Tenn. lication of the given subject. In
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extensive research in the Library
of Congress.
SOME OF THE most circulated
of the EIS publications are those
devoted to public health- The most
popular of this class are Of Cats
and People, a manual on alchohol
education which has been sold to
more than 30,000 people, and Hu­bert
Hookworm, a publication that
has had over 270, 000 copies sold in
seven states. A full time editor
is employed by the EIS to edit and
publish for the State Department of
Public Health the Alabama Men­tal
Health, a monthly magazine
with a mailing list of 6,000.
Work shops, lectures, and ad­ditional
services for extension
editors, government writers, state
departments, and large corpora­tions
have re-trained hundreds of
writers in new techniques. A series
of three work shops have been
successfully held this year for 130
technical writers of TVA.
Director Irvine and his staff
that compose the Education Inter­pretation
Service have made Au­burn
the "readability center" of
the South.
Letters
(Continued from page 4)
Dear Editor,
I am sure that all students who
attended the festivities in the sta­dium
Saturday night were proud
to be a member of the Auburn
student body. Since the purpose of
Open House was to sell Auburn
to the people of the state, there is
no doubt that the band, skits, and
displays accomplished this purpose.
However, I am afraid that all
of the 'good that was achieved was
destroyed when we. sang the Alma
Mater. It was impossible to hear
the band due to the mass exodus
of Auburn students. v<. •
Have we lost all respeot for our
sabred institution; or do we lack
the manners expected of college
students? I am afraid that this
part of Open House was a complete
failure.
Yours truly,
Tom Radney
Mother's Day
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DIGGING FOR HOME on the last lap of an inside-the-park
homer is George Reid, Tiger first baseman. The circuit blow added
insult to injury as Auburn defeated 'Bama 8-4 in Plainsman Park.
McNair Eliminated
In Olympic Try outs
Auburn's Dan McNair wrestled
world champion Henry Whiten-berg
to a draw, but the! decision
was awarded to Whitenberg and
McNair was eliminated from thie
final Olympic tryouts last week
at Iowa State University.
After winning his first three,
matches, McNair lost to Dale
Thomas, instructor at the Univer­sity
of Michigan, which set the
Stage for the do-or-dle battle with
Whitenberg. Neither groaner could
muster, a decision and the two
wrestled to a draw. Whitenberg, '48
Olympic winner, was finally
awarded the victory on,the judges'
decision, and McNair was elimi­nated.
Massive McNair was named one
of the outstanding collegiate per­formers
at the tryouts. Both
Whitehburg and Thomas areucoli
lege,. graduates of five or more
years. *
S This year; the-Olympics will be
held the last week pf July and the
iir?t. week of August in Helsinki,
Finland- '•' ' ..
Switchboard
"(Continued from page 5)
sary to install the present two-positioa
board, which has 200 ex­tensions
and is now in the pro­cess.
of expansion. The recent
openings of new buildings has
made the expansion necessary by
greatly increasing the demand for
telephones on the college system.
- To the college operators, al­most
any request is routine.
Emergency calls for the hospital,
inquiries for the time, the hours
Of the library; or the residence
phone number of any of the 5,000
students are part of every work
day.
Even in the face of this routine,
operators are sometimes flabber­gasted
by the requests .made by
telephone users.
..Two of the gems in the merh-ory
of persent personnel are the
man ,who dialed "operator" and
igjsked, "How much does it cost
to mail an air mail letter?", and
the: .lady who was highly Indig-
Jjantr because the, operator was
unable to give her "some inf pr­onation
about the Opelika Diaper
Service."
Local 'Ike' Interest
(Continued from page 4)
the last presidential election, but
many of the nation's leading politi­cal
authorities think that a two-party
;South may not be too far
in the future-
As the 1952 campaign for presi­dential
nominations gathers mo­mentum,
interest in what the South
will do is : again running high; so
the movement for Eisenhower
among young people in this section
is a timely topic for discussion,
regardless of its .eventual effec­tiveness.
The local group lacks strength
in numbers, and as a part oi a
national movement it may or may
not have any effect on the out­come
of the GOP national conven­tion,
but we think it is a harbin­ger
of things to come. Twenty
years ago, a movement in favor
of a non-Democratic candidate by
Southern' college students would
have been about as unthinkable as
a trip to the moon. The instiga­tors
of such action would have
probably been drummed out of
school.
Today, however, the ' outlook
has changed considerably. The
Eisenhower group has . picked a
candidate who is undisputedly
popular with the American people.
His personal integrity and his'
ability as a military man are un­questioned,
and that in itself is
quite an achievement for a man
in. public life today.
The only thing that marks the
local Eisenhower group as unusual
is not their choice of a candidate,
but the fact that his affiliation
with the Republican party fails to
deter them from supporting him.
We^hope that the action taken
by Auburn students in forming the
Eisenhower Club is a forerunner
of a movement which will end only
when Southerners are mentally
prepared to weigh the virtues of
candidates from both national
parties before they cast their bal­lots.
Tau Beta Pi Taps 20 Engineering Students
(Continued from page 1)
Thursday, May 15, at the Clement
Hotel in Opelika, and will be pre­ceded
by formal initiation.'
NEW TAPPEES are Thomas H.
Scott, Florence; Henry A. Whit­ley,
Auburn; James G. Watwood,
Auburn; Joe F. Stegall, Living­ston;
Marlyn L. Hicks, Blue
Mountain; Leon Hequin, Auburn;
Nestor Cifuentes, Cuba; Fred K.
Gordon, Jr., Cordele, Ga.; Robert
W. Overyt, Auburn.
Bob Boozer, Falkville; Andrew
J. Goodwin, Morris; Frank T.
Brandon, Jr., Auburn; James D.
Tatum, Prattville; Armando Polo,
Cuba; William H. Keown, Au­burn.
Calvin W. Oliver, Auburn;
James G. Mitchell, Luverne;
Francis G. Kirwin, Mobile; Clar­ence
W. Jackson, Auburn, and
Charles D. Hightower, Troy.
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